Movements
Characteristics
Pump you up
Physical Therapy
Diseases
100
Movement that will shorten the muscles
What is flexion
100
Ability of a muscle to be stretched
What is extensibility
100
Sheet like tissue that helps connect and protect muscles
What is fascia
100
When fitting canes or walkers what angle should the elbow be at for proper fitting
What is 25-30 degrees
100
If someone broke their bone and was in a cast you would expect their muscles to
What is atrophy
200
When you move a body part away from the midline
What is abduction
200
When the muscle can come back to its original length
What is elasticity
200
Type of muscle tissue found in the heart
What is cardiac
200
What bone is used to help fit canes and crutches
What is femur
200
Hernia where the stomach protrudes through the diaphraghm
What is hiatal
300
when you move a body part toward the midline
What is adduction
300
Ability of a muscle to move (pump blood, move food)
What is contractibility
300
When you swallow food what type of muscles does the food touch as it moves through the digestive system?
What is smooth
300
How much of a gap should be between the axilla and the top of the crutches
What is 2 inches
300
If you wake up with a muscle spasm what is the first thing you could do to get rid of it
What is stretch
400
when you lengthen a muscle
What is extension
400
When a muscle responds to a stimuli
What is excitability
400
When a muscle is attached to a bone the end that does not move is
What is the origin
400
When doing ROM exercises for the ankle, what movement are you doing when you move the patient's foot up toward their shin
What is dorsiflexion
400
Deterioration of the muscle tissue that is typically seen in children
What is muscular dystrophy
500
An athlete has sprained the medial side of their ankle, what type of movement did they do in excess to get the sprain
What is eversion
500
Type of muscle that is voluntary
What is skeletal
500
If the muscles are not moved, a person who could develop this in the muscle
What is contracture
500
when doing ROM exercises for the knee, when you bend the knee you are doing what movement
What is flexion
500
What type of microorganism causes tetanus
What is bacteria
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